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GUILIo MARCHETTI. oF-HALIFAX, eoUNTY'or YORK, ENGLAND.

EM BOSSING-BLOCK.

SPECIFICATIOI: forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,169, dated May 3, 1887.

Application lod November S, 188B. Serial No. 218,279. (No model.) Patented in England ciobcr 2i, 1886, No. l3,453.

.T aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUILIo MARCHETTI, a

. subject ofthe' Queen of Great Britain, residing vat Halifax, in the county of York, En-

gland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Embossing-Blocks, (for which I have obtained a patent in lGreat Britain,No. 13,453, dated October 21, 1886,) of which the following is a specification.v

My invention relates` to an improved arrangement of blocks for and au improved -method of producing the pattern on embossing-blocks, where varionswidths and lengths of the same pattern are required, in a more economical manner than hitherto.

When the borders of large articles-such as table-covers, curtains, Ste-have been embossedyit has generally been vthe practice to'v make use of one block for the corners of the tain equal heat and pressure for these several operations when applied at different times, the pattern is generally more distinct in one pa'rt of the article than in another and the portions subjected to pressure 'at different times diiler in appearance. In addition to this defeet,it is lalmostimpossible to adjust the fabric, sov that the pattern produced by the block used, say, for the portions .of border, exactly joins and matches the pattern prolncci'i by the block used, say, for the corners, and unless these portions of the pattern join Aand match exaetly,so as to conceal the point of j unctnre,an imperfection is caused in the fab- ,.ric. In order to avoid these defects,it is very advantageous to operate with one block containing' the whole of the patterngin order that the wholel of the fabric may be embossed at one operation, vas by this means equal heat and pressure can be obtained throughout the whole 'of the fabric and imperfections frombad joinings, as above named, are avoided. Such blocks, as hitherto constructed, are,- however, very costly, and as a diierent block is necessary for each size of a set of table-covers, eur- `tains, &e., the expense of producing a set of several sizes of such goods is very great. Now my invcntionhas for its object to obviate the disadvantages of embossing in several operati ons,and at the same time to render it unnecessary, when the whole fabric is embossed at one operation, to have a separate or distinct block for each size of a set of tablecovers or curtains or similar articles of one pattern. For this purpose I make my improved blocksby constructing them in sections in the manner hereinafter more particularly described.-

In carrying ont my invention I use what may be termed a built-np embossing-block to produce the required pattern. The pattern on the blockjs so formed and arranged upon sections, andthe varioussections are so fitted and held together, either by being screwed on a. plate of iron or other suitable material, or otherwise secured close to one anothe,r,that no joinings are visible in the. pattern when the'fabric is embossed.

The sections when -built up and secured together form, as it were, one block containing the whole pattern to be embossed on the fabric, which is embossed at one operation, and an equal heat and pressure is obtained throughout the Whole surface operated upon.

In order to enable my invention to be fully understood, I will .now proceed to describe an arrangement which' I iind advantageous for carrying it into effect, by reference to the ac: companying drawings. l

Figure 1 represents one ot' my improved built-up blocks usedfor embossing the border ofa table-cover of large size. It consists of twelve sections, A, B, C, D, ll, F, G, Il, J, K, L, and M, the extent of them being` indicated by dotted lines. Four of these sections, A, B, C, and D, are the same size, and the pattern formed upon each is the same. They are used to produce the corners of the pattern. The two sections J and K are the same size, and the pattern upon them is the same. (A drawing of them detached is shown at Fig. 2.) The two sections L and M are the same size, and the pattern upon them is the same. (A drawing of them detached is shown at Fig. 3.) The four sections E, F, G, and II are each the same size, and the pattern upon each of them is the same. (A drawing of them detached is shown at Fig. 4.)

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Fig. 5 represents one of my improved builtup blocks, consisting of ten sections, the Whole Vof the sections employed in the built-up block shown at Fig. 1 being made use of, with the exception of L and M, and the design is se arranged that the sections J and E and K and G can' be joined together without any imperfection or joining being visible in the embossedv article.

Fig. 6 represents abuiltfup block in which all ofthe sections used in the built-up bleek shown in Fig. 5 are made use of, with the eX- ception of J and K, and the design is so ai'-v ranged that the sections E and A and G andC can be joined together without any joining or iriA erectlon being visible in the embossed article.

Fig. 7 represents a built-up bleek in which the same sections are made use of as in the built-up block shown in Fig. 5, with the exception of the sections H and F, which arel omitted, the pattern on the sections A and D and B and C being arranged to join, so as te cause no joining or imperfection to be visible Vin the embossed fabric.

Fig, 8 represents a built-upblock in which the four corner-blocks A, B, C, and D only are iiiadc use of,'and the pattern is so arranged that these four blocks can be joined together Without causing any imperfection or joining to be visible in the embossed fabric.

Although the drawings only illustrate an larrangement of my built-up blocks as used to produce the pattern on tliebordcrs of a set of table-covers of various sizes, it will be obvious that I can also make use of my built-up blocks to produce the pattern upon curtains and similar fabrics where borders and dadosai iiecessary, or who; the pattern is required to be ein oossed over the Whole 4surface .of the arl" ticle.

It will be obvious` that by the use`oi' builtiip blocks capable of being' arranged accord ing to the sizes required the embossedpattern can be varied at will to suit'dierent sizesof that 'when -iisedl all together, er

table-covers, curtains,and other articles, and these articles can be embossed in various sites by the suitably-arranged built-up blocks with all the advantages of goods embossed with single blocks by the old method, and yet with a very great economy, as compared with that method of embossing.

i Having new particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what m'anner the same is tobe performed, t

I declare that whatI claim is- 1. The described" method of producing a continuous' pattern o n able embossing-blocks, 'whiohrconsists in placing a portion ofsuch pattern on angular corner-pieces andthe remainder ofl suchpattern on removable sections, the pattern being s o disposed at tlie line of junction of the pieces with a part only of such sections,the pattern shall be eoiitinuous and unbroken.

2. The series of improved embossing-blocks described, consisting of integral border or angle pieces, cach having thereon the angle or corner embossing pattcins,and of intermediate blocks adapted for extending the length of` the sides of the border, all constructed and arranged substantially asshown and' described.

8. Thcseries ofimprovcd embossing-blocks consisting of integral boi-der or angle pieces, each having thereon the angle or corner embossing pattern, and of intermediate blocks adapted for extending the length of the sides of the border,`said blocks having at their/ends suoli portions of the pattern as to match those of the adjacent blocks or pieces, whereby the embossed pattern shall be continuons and unsectional and changebrokemwhether allor oiilyapart of thepieces i be iise'd together.

GUILIO MARCHETTI.

'Witnesses:

JNO. Liiioir,` H. NQRMAN )Ii-:Lion` Correction Itis hereby certified that the name` of the patentee in Letters Patent No. 362,169,

granted- May 3, 1887, oren impuoyemen't in Embossing-Blooks, was erroneously written and printed Guiho' Marohett, Whereas said neme should have been Written and printed Giulio lil'archettz' and that said.LetteI;s correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the onse 'm the Patent Office. I

Signed, eountersigned, ednldsealed this 26th day of July, 'A J). 1887 [SEAL] L. HAVVKIQNS,

Act/mg Secretary ofthe Interior.

Gounnersigned z BENTON J. HALL,

Gomfm'iss-ioner of Patents,

Patent should be read with thisl 

